Residence New Zealand | Died June 8, 1999 Name Francis Shorland | |
Born 14 July 1909
Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand ( 1909-07-14 ) Institutions Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Thesis The composition of some New Zealand fats with special reference to fish oils (1937) Institution Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Notable awards Hector Memorial Medal (1955), Order of the British Empire (1959) | ||
Doctoral advisor Thomas Percy Hilditch Alma mater University of Liverpool | ||
Francis Brian Shorland (14 July 1909 – 8 June 1999) was a New Zealand organic chemist.
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Biography
After a BSc and a MSc in organic chemistry he worked for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, before earning a scholarship to go to the University of Liverpool for a PhD under Thomas Percy Hilditch, studying fish liver oils and fats from farm animals.
He was awarded a DSc by the University of Liverpool in 1950 and an honorary DSc by Victoria University of Wellington in 1970; a Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1951 and the Hector Medal in 1955. In the 1959 New Year Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his role as director of the Fats Research Institute, and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.
After his retirement in 1969, he held several honorary posts at Victoria University of Wellington. He died on 8 June 1999 and was cremated at Karori Crematorium.
Shorland Medal
In 1999 the New Zealand Association of Scientists established the Shorland Medal, awarded annually in recognition of a "major and continued contribution to basic or applied research that has added significantly to scientific understanding or resulted in significant benefits to society."